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Over the last forty years, scientists have uncovered evidence that if the Universe had been forged with even slightly different properties, life as we know it -
God: The Failed Hypothesis
Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: Victor J. Stenger
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-08-05 - Publisher: Prometheus Books

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Throughout history, arguments for and against the existence of God have been largely confined to philosophy and theology, while science has sat on the sidelines
God and the Folly of Faith
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Pages: 412
Authors: Victor J. Stenger
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Looking at both historical and contemporary contexts, the author argues that religion has played a major role in suppressing scientific pursuit.
The Fallacy of Fine-Tuning
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Anthropic Bias
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Authors: Nick Bostrom
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Anthropic Bias explores how to reason when you suspect that your evidence is biased by "observation selection effects"--that is, evidence that has been filtered